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HARMEIt DENNEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEYV YORK.

TAG-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,220, dated January12, 1886.

Application filed September 18, 1884. Serial No. 143395. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARMER DENNEY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tag-MakingMachine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved machine forprinting, cutting, perforating, and eyeleting shipping-tags.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved tagmaking machine, parts beingbroken away. Fig. 2 is a side view of the paper-feeding device. Fig. 3is a sectional plan view of the machine. Fig. 4 is a plan view of theplatform over which the paper passes. Figs. 5 and 6 are cross-sectionalelevations of the ma-. chine, showing the parts in different positions.Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view of the eyeleting mechanism. Fig. 8 isa detail view of the perforating mechanism. Fig. 9 is a detail view ofthe cutting mechanism. Fig. 10 is a detail sectional View. Fig. 11 is adetail view showing the mechanism for operating the verticallyslidingcarriage. Fig. 12 is aplan view of cutter with its movable arm thrownback.

The frame A of the machine is provided at the rear end with twoupwardly-inclined arms, A, in which a frame, B, is pivoted to swing upand down;

The type B, for printing the paper 0, has to pass over the table orplatform A formed on the frame of the machine.

The inking mechanism, the arrangement of the type, &c., are all of theusual construction, and need not be further described.

The main driving-shaft D, journaled in the uprights of the frame A, isprovided at one end with a belt-pulley, D, and with a flywheel, D and onthe opposite end with a pinion, D engaging with a cog-wheel, E, on ashaft, E, provided with a crank, E, and having mounted on its oppositeend a wheel, 0, connected by means of a connecting-rod, A, with theswinging or rocking frame B, also connected by a rod A with the wheel Ewhereby the said swinging frame is moved up and down, and the type arepressed on the paper on the bed A and are raised to permit theinking-rollers to pass over them, which inking-rollers are operated by aconnectingrod, A, pivoted to the frameA and to a rocking part, A on therocking frame B.

On the driving-shaft D a bevel cog-wheel, d, is mounted, whichengages-with a bevel cogwheel, d, mounted rigidly on the lower end of ashaft, d*, pivoted to turn in a piece, 61 heldto rock on the shaft D,and containing the wheel d.

On the upper end of the shaft d between the arms 6 of the bracket e, ismounted the,

bevel cog-wheel e, which engages with the bevel cog-wheel e on the endof the shaft of one of the inking-rollers, which is journaled in thebracket 6. as shown in Fig. 10. The shaft d is keyed in the neck e ofthe bevel cog-wheel e in such a manner that when the frame B rocks theneck can slide up and down on the shaft, and at the same time the neckand its bevel cog-wheel are revolved by the said shaft (1*. The swingingpiece (1 in which the lower end of the shaft d is journaled, permits therocking of the said frame.

By the above arrangement some of the inkspreading rollers in the frame Bare operated from the main driving-shaft D. The paper is passed over aroller, a, in the frame A, then over a roller, 1), above which acircular1yribbed friction feed-roller, F, is journaled. On one end ofthe shaft of the roller b a wheel, F, is mounted, with which a pawl, F,engages, pivoted on a swinging frame, F", connected by a connecting-rod,F, with the cog-wheel E. The lower end of the rod F is so arranged andprovided with devices as to permit of its adjustment, so that the strokeof the said rod F can be varied, and the feed thus regulated.

On the table A*, formed on the frame A, suitable guides, G and G, areprovided for guiding the paper straight through the ma chine. The pin Eof the crank E passes through a lever, H, pivoted to rock on the mainshaft D at H, as shown in Figs. 3 and 11. The lever H is provided on itsswinging end with a roller, 11*, which is held in the cavity in thelower end of a vertically-movable carriage, I, connected with a wedge,1, formed at the upper end of the carriage I.

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containing eyelets,is secured, from which eyelets-box a track, K runsdown on the bar K, and terminates at its lower end in a point, Kprovided with a spring, K, for preventingthe eyelets from slipping off.

On the carriage J a vertically-sliding bar, L, is arranged directlybelow the lower end of the track K, upon the upper end of which bar L apunch, L, is held,which slides in a vertical guide-tube, L held by abinding-screw and a boss or projection, L to the carriage J, the top ofthe guide-tube L projecting slightly above the bottom edge of the slot Jin the carriage. Directly above the said guidetube a vertical tubularguide or die, L, is held in a boss, projection, or bracket,M, formed onthe front surface of the carriage J above the slot J, the bottom edge ofthe tube L being flush with the top edge of the slot J. An elbow-lever,N, pivoted in the frame of the machine, has one end connected with thelower end of the verticallymovable bar L, and on the other end arolleris secured,which rests against a cam-wheel, N, having a projection, Nthe said cam-wheel being mounted on a shaft, 0, operated by the beveledpinions 0 and O on the shafts E and O. A spring, 10, pulls the bar Ldownward.

In the upper end of the vertically-sliding carriage I a tube orupsetting-punch, P,is secured, through which a red, I, is adapted toslide vertically, and directly above the said tube a die, P", is held inthe boss or projection M of the carriage J,the said die P being providedon its lower end with a. nipple, PF, the die P and its nipple Pprojecting slightly below the top edge of the slot J, and being arrangedin such amanner that the p,pper end of the rod I can come in contactwith the nipple. The tube serves as a punch. An L-shaped piece, Q, isheld on one side of the boss or bracket M in such a manner that itslower end is below the die P the said lower end being provided withaslot, through which the nipple I can pass. The anglepieee Q, is adaptedto slide vertically, and is pressed downward by a spring, Q, secured tothe front of the carriage and resting on the upper end of the piece Q.

From the frame of the machine a bracket, Q projects, for a purpose thatwill be set forth hereinafter.

On the outer end of the shaft 0 a wheel, R, is mounted, which isprovided in its inner side with a eam-groove,in which a roller runs,which is mounted on one end of a lever, R,

pivoted in the frame, the said lever having its opposite end connectedby a connectingrod, R with abar, S, provided at its opposite end with aneye mounted on the bolt T, with the eye of a bar, T to which a fixedblade, T, is attached, and against which a blade, S, secured on the barS, cuts.

In front of the bar T of the fixed blade T a support or bed, U, isarranged, which also has an eye mounted on the pivot or bolt T, the saidsupport resting on a rubber cushion, NV, on a braeketfll, on the bar TThe bar S is arranged between the bar T of the fixed blade T and thesupport U. At their free ends the fixed blade T and the support U form aV-shaped recess, m, corresponding to a V- shaped blade, S secured on thebottom edge of the bar S.

The operation is as follows: The paper is wound on a drum, it, held torevolve in the forked arms 0, projecting from the support. The paper 0passes from the drum a over suitable rollers, then between the roller 12and the feed-roller F, and is then carried forward by the same, and isprinted, while resting on the bed A,by the type on the swinging frame B.The printed paper is then carried forward and passes through the slot Jin the carriage J. The cam-wheel N revolves, and its projection N".acting on the bell-crank lever N, forces the bar-L upward, whereby thepunch L, guided in the tube L is forced up into the die L, therebypunching a hole in the paper. While this is being accomplished the partsare in the position shownin Fig. 6. The rocking lever H now forces upthe carriage I, and as the wedge 1 comes in contact with the roller J onthe carriage J the said carriage is moved in the inverse direction ofthe arrow a, whereby the punch L and its guide will be shifted fromunder that part of the paper that has just been perforated, the partshaving the position shown in Fig. 5. Then, when the carriage I, whichcontinues to be acted on by the lever H, rises sufficiently, the upperprojecting end of the rod P in the tube P is passed through the eyelet tin the lower end of the track K whereby the eyelet is lifted from thetrack and held on the upper end of the rod 1? of the tube 1?. Thecarriage I continues to move up ward, the roller J sliding along thestraight edge of the wedge I, and as the carriage I moves upward thetube P is moved upward and carries the eyelet t through the aperturemade by the punch L. The top edge of the eyelet strikes the bottom endof the die P, and is upset and clamped on the paper in the usual manner.The spring Q presses down the paper and presses the eyelet off of thenipple P of the die P. Then the carriage I slides downward, and thespring J pulls it in the direction of the arrow a, whereby the punch Lis again brought into position under the die L, and the above operationcan be repeated at the proper time. The rod P,whieh I has been forceddownward by coming in coniact with the nipple P",is forced up\vard,asthe carriage I descends, by its lower end striking against the bracket QThe eyelets in the track K slide down automatically as soon as the lastone is removed, so that the rod P can catch a fresh one. After the paperhas been eyeleted it passes under the blade S, which has been raised,and when the paperis in the proper position the cam B acts on the leverB in such a manner as to force the knives S and S downward, wherebytheknife S cuts a triangular piece out of one edge of the strip of papermidway between two eyelets,for the purpose of forming the beveledcorners of the tags at each side of the eyelet. As the triangular knifeS projects slightly below the knife S, the support U must be madeyielding, so as to allow the knife S to be forced down sufficiently tocut straight across the paper to the apex of the triangu ar out. Forthis purpose I have provided the rubber cushion WV, which permits thesupport U to be forced down a sufficient distance to complete the cut,but immediately forces the support upward after the out has been made.

In my improved machine the tags are printed, punched, eyeleted, cut off,and their corners beveled all automatically. A ratchetwheel, (1 isprovided with a tooth, 1*, adapted to act on a hammer, 0, adjacent to abell, e. The ratchetwheel d is revolved by a pawl, t, operated by asuitable cam on the wheel 0. Every time the wheel 0 makes one revolutionone tag is completed, and the wheel (1 is shifted the distance of onetooth for every revolution of the wheel 0. The hammer e is forced fromthe bell e, and in snapping back sounds the bell, the signal being givenevery time there are as many tags completed as there are teeth on thewheel (1 and this number is preferably one hundred or one hundred andforty-four, or one gross, so that a signal will be given every time agross of tags is completed.

To permit of adjusting the machine to make tags of different widths, theframe is provided with longitudinal slots, to permit shifting thecarriage J a greater or less distance from the cutting device.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a tag-making machine, the combina tion, with the frame, ofadrivingshaft, an arm mounted 011 the drivingshaft and on a crank of ashaft adjacent to the driving shaft and operated from the same, avertically-movable carriage actuated by the said arm, and devices,substantially as described, for eyeleting the tags mounted on saidcarriage, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a tag-making machine, the combination, with a frame, of avertically-movable carriage carrying an upsetting-punch, atransversely-movable carriage carrying a die, and means, substantiallyas described, whereby the saidtransversely-movable carriage is moved bythe vertically-movable carriage, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

3. In a tagmaking machine, the combination, with the frame, of avertically-movable carriage carrying an upsetting-punch, atransversely-movable carriage carrying a die and provided with a roller,and a wedge upon the vertically-movable carriage acting on the saidroller, and thereby shifting the transverselymovable carriage,substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a tag-making machine, the combination, with a frame, of avertica1lymovable carriage provided with a wedge and carrying anupsetting-punch, a transversely-movable carriage carrying a die andprovided with a roller, which transversely-movable carriage is moved inone direction by the action of the wedge on the roller, and of a springsecured to the transversely-movable carriage and to the frame, whichspring moves the transversely-movable carriage in the inverse directionof that in which it is moved by the wedge, substantially as herein shownand described.

5. In a tag-making machine, the combination, with a vertically-movablecarriage carrying an upsetting-punch, of a transverselymovable carriagecarrying two dies, and of a punch below one of the dies, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

6. In atag-making machine,the combination, with a vertically-movablecarriage carrying an upsetting-punch, of a transversely-movable carriagecarrying two dies, a punch below one of the dies, and an inclinedguidetrack, at the upper end of which a box 0011- taining eyelets isheld, substantially as herein shown and described.

7. In atag-making machine,the combination, with a vertically-movablecarriage carrying an upsetting punch, of a transversely-movable carriageprovided with a longitudinal slot, of two dies above the slot, a punchheld on a sliding bar on the transversely-movable carriage, anelbow-lever for operating the said punch from a shaft operated from themain driving-shaft, and of an inclined track, at the upper end of whichan eyelet-receptacle is held, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

8. In a tag-making machine, the combination,with a vertically-movablecarriage carrying the tubular punch P, of the transverselymovablecarriage J, provided with the slot J, and above the slot with a boss orprojection, M, in which the dies L and P are held, thevertically-sliding punch L held on the transversely-sliding carriage J,an elbow-lever operated from the main shaft, a rod, P, eX- tendingthrough the tubular punch P, and of a bracket, Q, on the frame,substantially as herein shown and described.

9. In a tag-making machine, the combination, with a frame, ofatransversely-sliding carriage carrying dies and a punch,avertically-sliding carriage carrying a tubular upsetting-punch in whicha rod. is held to slide vertically, and of ICC a bracket on the frame ofthe machine, against which bracket the said rod strikes when thecarriage moves downward, whereby the said rod is pushed upward,substantially as herein shown and described.

10. In a tag-making machine, the combination, with the swinging bar S,of the blade S and the V-sh aped blade S held on thesaine,and of thepivoted support U, resting on a cushion orspringflV, substantially asherein shown and described.

11. In a tag-niaking machine, the combina tion, with the frame, of thefixed blade T, the pivoted bar S, carrying the blades S S, and thepivoted support U, resting on a rubber cushion, substantially as hereinshown and described.

12. In a tag-making machine, the combination,with the fra1ne,0f the maindrivingshaft, the shaft E, operated from the same, the shaft 0, operatedfrom the shaft E, the cam-wheel R on the end of the shaft O,the.lever R,acted upon by the cam-wheel, the connecting-rod R the pivoted bar S,connected with the rod R and of the blades S S on the bar S,substantially as herein shown and described.

13. In a tag-making machine, the combination,with the frame, of thedriving-shaft D, the shaft E,operated from the same, the shaft 0,operated from the shaft E, the cam-wheel N on the shaft 0, theelbow-lever N, acted upon by the cam wheel N, the transverselyslidingcarriage J, and the vertically-sliding bar L on the san1e,which bar isoperated from the lever N, the punch L, held in the upper end of the barL, dies held on the carriage J, a vertically-sliding carriage whichoperates the transversely-sliding carriage, an upsettingpunch on thevertically-sliding carriage, and of an inclined track held on thetransverselysliding carriage, on the upper end of which inclined track areceptacle for eyelets is held, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

' HARMER DENNEY.

Vitnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, EDGAR TATE.

